Michiko Nomura Explained

Michiko Nomura
Native Name:	野村 道子
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	31 March 1938
Birth Place:	Yokohama, Japan
Children:	1
Years Active:	1958–present
Agent:	Ken Production(Counselor)

is a Japanese actress and voice actress.

Career

Nomura was previously affiliated with Tokyo Actor's Consumer's Cooperative Society, then Aoni Production and now she is affiliated with Ken Production, an agency founded by the late Kenji Utsumi.

Personal life

She was married to fellow voice actor Kenji Utsumi until his death in 2013.

Notable roles

Animation

• Speed Racer (1967): Mitchi Shimura ("Trixie"; episode 5 onwards)^[1]
• Andersen Stories (1971): Gerda, Ilze
• Babel II (1973): Yumiko Furumi
• Calimero (1974): Priscila^[2]
• Maya the Bee (1975): Maya^[3]
• Sazae-san (1976–2005): Wakame Isono (2nd voice)
• Doraemon (1979-2005): Shizuka Minamoto^[4]
• Kämpfer (2009): Tora Harakiri^[5]

Live-action

• Sono Koe no Anata e (2022), herself^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20100302163718/http://www.tatsunoko.co.jp/works/macha_gogogo/machgogogo.html. March 2, 2010. 作品データベース マッハGoGoGo. Tatsunoko Production. Japanese. November 11, 2015.
2. Web site: カリメロ - TOEI ANIMATION. Toei Animation. Japanese. April 8, 2010.
3. Web site: http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/work/mitsubachi_maya.html. ja:みつばちマーヤの冒険. Nippon Animation. Japanese. April 8, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101216182726/http://nippon-animation.co.jp/work/mitsubachi_maya.html. December 16, 2010.
4. Web site: http://www.seiyu-s.com/seiyudo/index_nomura2.html. ja:野村道子の声優道 個 性的で長持ちする役者を育てる それが私の生き甲斐で す. Shufunotomo. Japanese. April 8, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090518021706/http://www.seiyu-s.com/seiyudo/index_nomura2.html. May 18, 2009.
5. Web site: StarChild:けんぷファー. Starchild.co.jp. Japanese. April 8, 2010.
6. Web site: その声のあなたへ. August 10, 2022. eiga.com.